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Charest demands debate on ‘unacceptable’ federal health deal (1)

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Jack

Calling the federal government’s unexpected announcement on health-care funding last month “unprecedented” and “unacceptable,” Quebec Premier Jean Charest today called on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to open the issue to further debate. Mr. Charest also said the new funding formula … Continue reading →

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In about-face, Charest gives construction probe full powers

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Jack

Quebec Premier Jean Charest made an about-face and placed the probe into corruption and collusion in the construction industry under the Public Inquiry Commissions Act, which grants it full constraining powers to conduct its investigation. Madam Justice France Charbonneau of … Continue reading →

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Hamilton: Construction probe has shaky foundation (3)

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Jack

For two years, as Quebec Premier Jean Charest shot down calls for a public inquiry into allegations of corruption in the construction industry, suspicions mounted. What exactly was he afraid of? Did his Liberals have something to hide? On Wednesday, … Continue reading →

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Feds' probe overshadows Charest

Posted on December 23, 2010 by Jack

The Competition Bureau of Canada was quick to point out this week that its investigation into alleged bid-rigging by eight Montreal companies was "independent" from the Operation Hammer police squad set up by the Charest government. Why bother making that assertion, I wondered? … Continue reading →

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Johnson: If you love your country, quit

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Jack

What should Captain Canada do now? In 1998, Jean Charest was pressed to leave Ottawa and leap to Quebec to lead the foundering Quebec Liberal Party. He alone, so the chorus chanted, could save Canada after the fright of the … Continue reading →

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Editorial: Charest can't hide from a full inquiry

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Jack

The votes are in, and Quebec Premier Jean Charest lives to fight another day — barely. At 4 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon, he and his party narrowly survived a non-confidence motion brought by Parti Quebecois leader Pauline Marois. Ms. Marois … Continue reading →

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McParland: McGuinty and Charest ignore the lesson of Gordon Campbell

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Jack

Canada’s political leaders should hold a federal-provincial conference and discuss the possibility of instituting mandatory term limits on themselves, if solely out of self-interest. Look around the political scene and it’s obvious there is a natural Best Before date in … Continue reading →

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The Most Corrupt Province in Canada? (6)

Posted on September 25, 2010 by Jack

QUEBEC — Maclean’s magazine has unleashed a firestorm in Quebec with a controversial cover story — accompanied by the iconic figure of Bonhomme Carnaval carrying a suitcase stuffed with cash — that depicts Quebec as “the most corrupt province” in … Continue reading →

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Charest gets rough ride in court of public opinion

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Jack

For some Quebec Liberals, their government’s current political problems start at the top. Not with Premier Jean Charest, exactly, but close to him, in his office. They point fingers at his chief of staff for the past year, Marc Croteau, … Continue reading →

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